Dolomiti Clouds – Sony World Photography Awards 2016

On 15 August (2015) I had been, despite the weather, with some friends to G.Segantini refuge, above the Val d’Amola. In the afternoon for a short time the sky cleared and the sun went through the clouds and lit up the Val d’Amola and the Brenta in the distance. In those moments we descended to return home. It ‘was a special moment that gave me the perfect satisfaction, after carrying on my shoulders for the whole day my heavy camera equipment and after walking all day in the rain!!

I have been fascinated by the works of a painter, a master of his time, Albert Bierstadt. And this image for the conditions in which it was taken (time, light condition of the soil) and as developed in particular reminds me one of his paintings: “A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie”. I’m not comparing it to Bierstadt’s painting, God forbid !!

The Brenta Dolomites and the particular light after the storm over the Val d’Amola and Val Rendena gave me this beautiful image that I sent to the WPO to participate to the Sony World Photography Awards 2016!